Supporting Thailand’s Water Data Reform
On 23-24 May 2019, Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) and national partners held a workshop in Bangkok on ‘Information Governance and Adaptation M&E in the Thai Water Sector’. About 40 mid-level professionals attended the two-day workshop with expertise in water, meteorology, forestry, agriculture and information management. At the request of the ONWR to […]
Continue readingPlanning for sustainability of water use in Nepali basins
The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) is supporting policy and legal aspects of basin planning in Nepal for a Kamala Basin Planning Initiative, building upon the work of the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP). The Kamala River Basin is situated in the eastern part of Nepal and supports agriculture-based livelihoods for about 600,000 people. The people […]
Continue readingThe conclusion of the High Level Panel on Water
The High Level Panel on Water (HLPW) concluded on 14 March 2018, with an Outcome Report presented to the United Nations Secretary-General and World Bank President at a ceremony in New York. Australian Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, was one of 11 Heads of State invited to sit on the Panel, which was established to […]
Continue readingWhat the world’s worsening water crisis needs — another conference
By Dean Muruven, WWF Everywhere you look, cities and countries are battling to cope with too much water or too little. From floods in Queensland to South Africa’s national drought disaster, the warning signs about the impacts of our warming world are flashing. Companies and governments are paying more attention to water risk but it […]
Continue readingKini interview with Tony Slatyer, Special Advisor on Water, DFAT – Part 2
In this follow-up interview Tony shares updates to the High Level Panel on Water that has taken place since his last interview. Karen Delfau of the International Water Centre Alumni Network sits down with Tony to discuss key updates on the HLPW involving the HLPW statement on WASH, the Water Innovation Engine and progress on […]
Continue readingOutcomes from Asia International Water Week
AWP was involved in the first Asia international Water Week held in Gyeongju, 20-23 September in South Korea. AWP ran two sessions in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus theme and participated in the Asia to World Statement and an Asia Water Council meeting. Water-energy-food Nexus Sessions AWP helped organise two sessions in the Water-Energy-Food theme of the conference, one […]
Continue readingKini interview with Darryl Day, Managing Director, ICE WaRM
Listen to the latest Kini interview with Darryl Day, managing director of the International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM), speaking about Australia’s sustainable development investment portfolio and Nepalese-Australian partnerships to share knowledge and experience. ICE WaRM is a gateway to Australian, and international, expertise in education, training and research in water […]
Continue readingWaterGuide: High Level Panel on Water framing paper released
A new framing paper for the High-Level Panel on Water — WaterGuide — is now publicly available. It is an organising framework for improving water resource management and use in response to scarcity. It is intended to be used primarily by national or local governments in countries where water scarcity is a present or future […]
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